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Electric modulation of conduction in multiferroic Ca-doped BiFeO(3) films
(2009-06-01)
Yang, C. -H.
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Seidel, J.
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Kim, S. Y.
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Rossen, P. B.
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Yu, P.
Many interesting materials phenomena such as the emergence of high-T(c) superconductivity in the cuprates and colossal magnetoresistance in the manganites arise out of a doping-driven competition between energetically similar ground states. Doped multiferroics present a tantalizing evolution of this generic concept of phase competition. Here, we present the observation of an electronic conductor-insulator transition by control of band-filling in the model antiferromagnetic ferroelectric BiFeO(3) through Ca doping. Application of electric field enables us to control and manipulate this electronic transition to the extent that a p-n junction can be created, erased and inverted in this material. A 'dome-like' feature in the doping dependence of the ferroelectric transition is observed around a Ca concentration of similar to 1/8, where a new pseudo-tetragonal phase appears and the electric modulation of conduction is optimized. Possible mechanisms for the observed effects are discussed on the basis of the interplay of ionic and electronic conduction. This observation opens the door to merging magnetoelectrics and magnetoelectronics at room temperature by combining electronic conduction with electric and magnetic degrees of freedom already present in the multiferroic BiFeO(3).
Electric modulation of conduction in multiferroic Ca-doped BiFeO3 films
(2009-06-01)
Yang, C. -H.
;
Seidel, J.
;
Kim, S. Y.
;
Rossen, P. B.
;
Yu, P.
Many interesting materials phenomena such as the emergence of high-T-c superconductivity in the cuprates and colossal magnetoresistance in the manganites arise out of a doping-driven competition between energetically similar ground states. Doped multiferroics present a tantalizing evolution of this generic concept of phase competition. Here, we present the observation of an electronic conductor-insulator transition by control of band-filling in the model antiferromagnetic ferroelectric BiFeO3 through Ca doping. Application of electric field enables us to control and manipulate this electronic transition to the extent that a p-n junction can be created, erased and inverted in this material. A 'dome-like' feature in the doping dependence of the ferroelectric transition is observed around a Ca concentration of similar to 1/8, where a new pseudo-tetragonal phase appears and the electric modulation of conduction is optimized. Possible mechanisms for the observed effects are discussed on the basis of the interplay of ionic and electronic conduction. This observation opens the door to merging magnetoelectrics and magnetoelectronics at room temperature by combining electronic conduction with electric and magnetic degrees of freedom already present in the multiferroic BiFeO3.
Selective A- or B-site single termination on surfaces of layered oxide SrLaAlO4
(2013-02-04)
Biswas, A.
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Rossen, P. B.
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Ravichandran, J.
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Chu, Y. -H.
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Lee, Y. -W.
We demonstrate that thermal annealing in cation controlled environments is an effective means to obtain atomically flat and chemically single terminated surfaces of a layer structured substrate. The effectiveness of the cation controlled annealing method is proved with SrLaAlO4, which is a representative layer structured substrate of A(2)BO(4) type. Potassium ion scattering, in particular, shows that the method allows not only single termination but also selective termination of either A-or B-site on the substrate. We further demonstrate that the chemical nature of underlying SrLaAlO4 substrates is of critical importance in the growth of SrRuO3 thin films resulting in different morphologies and transport properties. (C) 2013 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4790575]